Re: [tlug] [OT] French cuisine

[Nick Bikkal <ipod.bikkal@example.com>]

Nick

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On 05/30/2012 02:18 AM, Godwin Stewart wrote:
> On 29/05/2012 17:18, Attila Kinali wrote:
>
> > PS: and i'm glad that the british never succeeded in taking over
> > france. The french cusine would have suffered a lot ;->
> Actually, French cuisine as experienced by most people every day *has*
> suffered. Hugely. I was in France until nearly 5 years ago and moved to
> the UK in October 2007.
>
> The standard of food preparation in the UK has overtaken that of France
> and is now light years ahead unless you're talking haute cuisine that
> you need to take a mortgage out on your house to pay for.
>
> If you put traditional UK pub grub and your typical bistrot meal in a
> bar in France side by side, there is no comparison possible. I'd take
> the food in the UK pub any day of the week.
Awesome. Factoid worth passing along. Why do you think that is? Economy?

Nick